“A bracing, empathetic account of life in turmoil” – The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
“Both a timely and personal account” – The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
“Perverse solutions” – Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
“Dark as pitch on a black night in the height of winter” – Consent by Leo Benedictus
“A conversation about the semantics of emotion” – Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
“There is a kink in the mastering” – The Only Story by Julian Barnes
“Like Harriet the Spy for grown-ups” – Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin
“Rough hewn, obstinate, individual” – The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
“Top stuff” – Jellyfish by Janice Galloway
“It’s a marvellous piece of work” – Patient X by David Peace
“A slow burn” – Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
“A bravura performance” – An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
“A truly remarkable book” – The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews
“Life is hard” – Off Season by James Sturm
“Not our favourite Crace” – The Melody by Jim Crace
“Moral outrage and societal interrogation…” – The Natashas by Yelena Moskovich
“Fulfilment’s desolate attic” – The Bookmunch Podcast: Episode 2 – Adam Foulds
“A dark confection” – Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds
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“How long does trauma last?” – Mothers & Daughters by Vedrana Rudan
“A brilliantly funny book” – For The Good Times by David Keenan
“A fascinating approach to a controversial subject” – Cure by Jo Marchant #WBP2019
“A very twenty-first-century novel” – The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss #WBP2019
“This is a compelling read” – Things We Nearly Knew by Jim Powell
“Effectively a coming-of-age novel” – The Gunnars by Rebecca Kaufman
“Shows us what we are in danger of becoming” – The Wall by John Lanchester
“It is all that and much more” – Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich
“Challenge(s) perceptions of morality” – Godsend by John Wray
